CVE-2024-23113: Fortinet Multiple Products Format String Vulnerability

CVE-2024-23113 · Severity: critical · CVSS 9.8 · Exploited in the wild · Published 2024-10-09

A format string vulnerability in multiple Fortinet products allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or commands via specially crafted packets. The flaw stems from the use of externally-controlled format strings in several versions of FortiOS, FortiProxy, FortiPAM, and FortiSwitchManager.

Technologies: Apple Multiple Products. Vendors: Apple.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2024-23113 exploited in the wild?
Yes. CVE-2024-23113 is known to be exploited in the wild, first recorded on 9 October 2024. Treat it as urgent.
How severe is CVE-2024-23113?
Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.8, published 9 October 2024.
Which products and versions are affected?
Fortinet FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.2, 7.2.0 through 7.2.6, 7.0.0 through 7.0.13; Fortinet FortiProxy 7.4.0 through 7.4.2, 7.2.0 through 7.2.8, 7.0.0 through 7.0.14; Fortinet FortiPAM 1.2.0, 1.1.0 through 1.1.2, 1.0.0 through 1.0.3; Fortinet FortiSwitchManager 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, 7.0.0 through 7.0.3.
Is there a fix for CVE-2024-23113?
No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
How is CVE-2024-23113 attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in an operating system.
Am I affected by CVE-2024-23113?
Check whether you run Apple Multiple Products. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Affected products

  • Fortinet FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.2, 7.2.0 through 7.2.6, 7.0.0 through 7.0.13
  • Fortinet FortiProxy 7.4.0 through 7.4.2, 7.2.0 through 7.2.8, 7.0.0 through 7.0.14
  • Fortinet FortiPAM 1.2.0, 1.1.0 through 1.1.2, 1.0.0 through 1.0.3
  • Fortinet FortiSwitchManager 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, 7.0.0 through 7.0.3

Timeline

  • 2024-02-15: disclosed: Initial NVD publication date
  • 2024-10-09: kev added: Added to CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
  • 2024-10-09: advisory: CISA advisory published

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